john taylor duran duran will headline London’s BST Hyde Park on Sunday 5 July for the second time, and the support bill now stretches from Nile Rodgers & CHIC to Wendy Bevan. The announcement gives the summer show a wider musical frame, with live acts and a DJ set packed around the main slot.
Hyde Park on 5 July
Duran Duran’s return matters because BST Hyde Park has now locked in a second headline appearance for the band, not just a one-off victory lap. The date is Sunday 5 July, and the bill places the group at the center of a London summer concert built around a mix of established names and newer electronic artists.
Nile Rodgers & CHIC lead the support acts, joined by Groove Armada, SOPHIE GREY., SISTRA, Harrison, Wendy Bevan and Sam Scherdel. That spread runs from live performance to DJ set, which gives the day more than a single sound and makes the supporting lineup part of the draw rather than filler.
Nile Rodgers and Groove Armada
Nile Rodgers & CHIC bring the clearest commercial weight on the support bill. Rodgers co-founded CHIC with bassist Bernard Edwards, created Le Freak, the biggest-selling single in Atlantic Records history, and also created Good Times. His productions for David Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk and Duran Duran have sold over 500+ million albums and 75+ million singles worldwide.
Groove Armada add a long-release trail that reaches back to Northern Star in 1998, Vertigo in 1999, Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) in 2001 and Lovebox in 2002. Formed by Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, they also bring tracks including At The River, I See You Baby, Superstylin’ and My Friend, which makes their slot more than a nostalgia add-on.
SOPHIE GREY. and Wendy Bevan
SOPHIE GREY. studied piano performance at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, worked at Village Studios and released Retro Electro. SISTRA, the London-based sister duo on the bill, won the PRS Open Fund and released their debut album She Won’t Let Go in May, while Harrison comes in as a UK producer, vocalist and DJ whose rework of t.A.T.u.’s All The Things She Said became a viral phenomenon.
Wendy Bevan brings the closest Duran Duran connection in the lineup. In 2021, she teamed up with Nick Rhodes on Astronomia, a four-part, 52-track series of cinematic soundscapes inspired by the universe, and that link gives the Hyde Park booking a built-in thread between the headliner and one of the support names.
Duran Duran also unveiled Free To Love, their first new single for 2026, earlier this year. That makes the Hyde Park date more than a standalone summer booking; it lands as part of a band cycle already moving into next year, with the London show set to carry the strongest live and collaborative names in the current run.
